fpcmake - Man Page

Makefile.fpc is a configuration file for the fpcmake command. Starting from this file a Makefile is created to compile Free Pascal units and programs.

Makefile.fpc is a plain ASCII file that contains a number of sections as in a Windows ini file. The following sections are recognized (in alphabetical order):

clean

Specifies rules for cleaning the directory of units and programs.  The following entries are recognized:

units

names of all units that should be removed when cleaning. Don't specify extensions, the makefile will append these by itself.

files

names of files that should be removed. Specify full filenames.

defaults

The defaults section contains some default settings. The following keywords are recognized:

dirs

info

install

Contains instructions for installation of your units and programs. The following keywods are recognized:

dirprefix

the directory below wchich all installs are done. This corresponds to the --prefix argument to GNU configure It is used for the installation of programs and units. By default, this is /usr on linux, and /pp on all other platforms.

dirbase

The directory that is used as the base directory for the installation of units. Default this is dirprefix appended with /lib/fpc/FPC_VERSION for linux or simply the dirprefix on other platforms.

Units will be installed in the subdirectory units/$(OS_TARGET) of the dirbase entry.

libs

This section specifies what units should be merged into a library, and what external libraries are needed. It can contain the following keywords:

libname

the name of the library that should be created.

libunits

a comma-separated list of units that should be moved into one library.

needgcclib

a boolean value that specifies whether the gcc library is needed. This will make sure that the path to the GCC library is inserted in the library search path.

needotherlib

a boolean value that tells the makefile that other library directories will  be needed.

packages

Which packages must be used. This section can contain the following keywords:

packages

A comma-separated list of packages that are needed to compile the targets. Valid for all platforms. In order to differentiate between platforms, you can prepend the keyword packages with the OS you are compiling for, e.g. linuxpackages if you want the makefile to use the listed packages on linux only.

fcl

This is a boolean value (0 or 1) that indicates whether the FCL is used.

rtl

This is a boolean value (0 or 1) that indicates whether the RTL should be recompiled.

postsettings

Anything that is in this section will be inserted as-is in the makefile after the makefile rules that are generated by fpcmake, but before the general configuration rules. In it, you cannot use variables that are defined by fpcmake rules, but you can define additional rules and configuration variables.

presettings

Anything that is in this section will be inserted as-is in the makefile before the makefile target rules that are generated by fpcmake. This means that  you cannot use any variables that are normally defined by

rules

In this section you can insert dependency rules and any other targets  you wish to have. Do not insert 'default rules' here.

sections

Here you can specify which 'rule sections' should be included in the Makefile.  The sections consist of a series of boolean keywords; each keyword decides whether a particular section will be written to the makefile. By default, all sections are written.
 You can have the following boolean keywords in this section.

none

If this is set to true, then no sections are written.

units

If set to false , fpcmake omits the rules for compiling units.

exes

If set to false , fpcmake omits the rules for compiling executables.

loaders

If set to false , fpcmake omits the rules for assembling assembler files.

examples

If set to false , fpcmake omits the rules for compiling examples.

package

If set to false , fpcmake omits the rules for making packages.

compile

If set to false , fpcmake omits the generic rules for compiling pascal files.

depend

If set to false , fpcmake omits the dependency rules.

install

If set to false , fpcmake omits the rules for installing everything.

sourceinstall

If set to false , fpcmake omits the rules for installing the sources.

zipinstall

If set to false , fpcmake omits the rules for installing archives.

clean

If set to false , fpcmake omits the rules for cleaning the directories.

libs

If set to false , fpcmake omits the rules for making libraries.

command

If set to false , fpcmake omits the rules for composing the command-line based on the various variables.

exts

If set to false , fpcmake omits the rules for making libraries.

dirs

If set to false , fpcmake omits the rules for running make in subdirectories..

tools

If set to false , fpcmake omits the rules for running some tools as the erchiver, UPX and zip.

info

If set to false , fpcmake omits the rules for generating information.

targets

In this section you can define the various targets. The following keywords can be used there:

dirs

A space separated list of directories where make should also be run.

examples

A space separated list of example programs that need to be compiled when the user asks to compile the examples. Do not specify an extension,  the extension will be appended.

loaders

A space separated list of names of assembler files that must be assembled. Don't specify the extension, the extension will be appended.

programs

A space separated list of program names that need to be compiled. Do not specify an extension, the extension will be appended.

rst

a list of rst files that needs to be converted to .po files for use with GNU gettext and internationalization routines.

units

A space separated list of unit names that need to be compiled. Do not specify an extension, just the name of the unit as it would appear un a uses clause is sufficient.

tools

In this section you can specify which tools are needed. Definitions to use each of the listed tools will be inserted in the makefile, depending on the setting in this section.

Each keyword is a boolean keyword; you can switch the use of a tool on or off with it.

The following keywords are recognised:

toolppdep

Use ppdep the dependency tool. True by default.

toolppumove

Use ppumove the Free Pascal unit mover. True by default.

toolppufiles

Use the ppufile tool to determine dependencies of unit files. True by default.

toolsed

Use sed the stream line editor. False by default.

tooldata2inc

use the data2inc tool to create include files from data files. False by default.

tooldiff

Use the GNU diff tool. False by default.

toolcmp

Use the cmp file comparer tool False by default.

toolupx

Use the upx executable packer True by default.

tooldate

use the date date displaying tool. True by default.

toolzip

Use the zip file archiver. This is used by the zip targets. True by default.

zip

This section can be used to make zip files from the compiled units and programs. By default all compiled units are zipped. The zip behaviour can be influencd with the presettings and postsettings sections.

The following keywords can be used in this unit:

zipname

this file is the name of the zip file that will be produced.

ziptarget

is the name of a makefile target that will be executed before the zip is made. By default this is the install target.

fpcmake(1) ppc386(1) make(1)

fpcmake(1).